Suge Knight was shot seven
times while attending a party at the club that was hosted by Brown.
The former rap mogul Marion
"Suge" Knight is suing Chris Brown over a 2014 club shooting that
left Knight with multiple gunshot wounds.
The lawsuit filed in Los
Angeles Superior Court on Monday accuses Brown and nightclub 1 Oak of failing
to provide adequate security.
His lawsuit claims the
nightclub should have taken special security precautions due to a history of
violence at events hosted by the singer.
It accuses Brown of having
gang ties and a "well-documented track record of hosting events and/or
parties in which violence frequently erupted".
The lawsuit adds: "As
a result of the negligence of the defendants, one or more unknown individuals
were allowed access to the event with weapons, including firearms."
Knight, who is in jail
awaiting trial for murder, is seeking a judgement ordering Brown and the owners
of 1 Oak to pay past and future medical expenses for his injuries.
Knight faces a mandatory
sentence of 25 years to life in prison if he is convicted in the hit-and-run
murder case.
Brown's representatives
have not commented on the lawsuit.
The oft-troubled R&B
singer has not been implicated in the shooting and no arrests have been made.
Attorneys for Knight have
claimed the shooting led him to flee when he was attacked in his car last year,
running down two men and killing one.
Knight has regularly cited
complications from injuries suffered in the 2014 shooting, including a blood
clot, throughout pre-trial hearings in the unrelated murder case.
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